CAS LT 111 – First-Semester TurkishTaught Fall 2010 by Roberta Micallef
Introduction to spoken and written Turkish and fundamentals of Turkish grammar, with oral drills and written exercises.

CAS LT 112 – Second-Semester TurkishPrereq: CAS LT 111 or equivalent. Completes introduction to modern Turkish grammar, with emphasis on development of aural and written comprehension, as well as writing and speaking abilities.

CAS LT 281 – Istanbul at the CrossroadsThe image of the city of Istanbul in novels, autobiography, short story, poetry, as well as music videos and popular films. Themes include modernization, urbanization, isolation, cosmopolitanism, and the struggle between East and West.

CAS LY 111 – Elementary Modern Arabic IThe essentials of standard Arabic, the idiom used in public communications throughout the Arab world. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Lab required.

CAS LY 112 – Elementary Modern Arabic IIContinuing the essentials of standard Arabic, the idiom used in public communications throughout the Arab world. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Lab required.

CAS LY 139- Intensive Beginning Modern Standard ArabicFor students already possessing some knowledge of a spoken Arabic dialect. Covers all material in LY 111 and 112 at a rapid pace. Main patterns of grammar, conversation, and written exercises. May not be taken for credit by students who have already taken any other college-level Arabic course.

CAS LY 303 – Third Year Arabic IAdvanced reading, composition, grammar review, listening skills, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic as well as major dialects such as the Cairine or the Gulf dialect. Prerequisite: (CASLY212).

CAS LY 304 – Third Year Modern Arabic IIContinuing advanced reading, advanced composition; grammar review, listening skills, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic as well as major dialects such as the Cairine or the Gulf dialect. Prereq: (CASLY303).

CAS LY 341- Culture in North Africa: Post-Colonial Aesthetics and PoliticsThis course tackles Maghrebi post-colonial artistic production including literature, film, painting and music. In particular, the course traces the intertwined relationship between Maghrebi literary production and Arabic literature and focuses on poetry and fiction and their impact on culture, visual representation and music and the role they play in the development of the public sphere in Morocco and Maghrebi societies. Throughout, the course will address the relationship between the institution of literature and national identity, on-going interactions between colonial and post-colonial artistic production, criticism and reception and the dialectical relationship between the past and the present, modernity and tradition, language and identity, at-turath wa al-hawiya (heritage and identity), al-Assala wa al-Mu’asara (authenticity and contemporaneity) and the struggle for a national artistic aesthetics. (Rabat Program)

CAS LY 350- Introduction to Arabic LiteratureSelection of Arabic poetry, short stories, novels, and drama. Focus on development and refinement of Arabic reading strategies, literary analysis of short passages, and writing and speaking skills. Readings and assignments in Arabic and English.

CAS LY 441 – 1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination What is The Thousand and One Nights? How has this ever-expanding collection appealed to its diverse audiences? Focus on Nights structure and themes, notable translations and offshoots in western literature and art, and later appropriations by Arab and Muslim writers. Also offered as CAS EN 590 and CAS XL 441.

CAS LZ 311- Advanced Persian (Farsi) IConcentrating on all four communicative skills, diverse registers, and idioms. Work with literature, media, other realms of Persian culture.

CAS LZ 380 – Persian Epic and Romance – in EnglishIntroduction to classical Persian narrative literature in poetry and prose. Readings include: story cycles from the tenth-century Persian national epic, Shahnameh (“The Epic of Kings”); the Persian Alexander romance; Nezami’s romance, Layla and Majnun; Jami’s Sufi allegory, Yusuf and Zulaykha. The endurance of Persian myths and tales in world literature and film today will also be discussed. May also be taken to fulfill CAS WR 150 requirement.

CAS LZ 381 – Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry
Introduction to the Persian Sufi poet Rumi’s narrative and lyric writings. Beginning with an introduction to Islamic mysticism, studies the innovative aspects of Rumi’s poetry and the problem of profane vs. sacred love. All readings in English translation.

CAS XL 223 – Introduction to Comparative Literature: Middle EastIntroduces basic methods of comparative literary study through close readings of some of the most influential texts of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew literature. Readings may include The Arabian Nights, Shahnameh, lyric poetry, and novels from the twentieth century.

CAS XL 342 – Travel Writing and the Muslim World How have Muslim travelers past and present written about places and people they saw abroad, and how have Western travelers in the Muslim lands described their travels in “the East”? Readings include Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Battuta, Eliza Fay, and Robert Byron. No language prerequisites. Also offered as GRS XL 742.

CAS XL 382 – Gender and Globalization in Middle Eastern Films. A study of Middle Eastern representations of the controversies, trade-offs, and dilemmas surrounding the impact of globalization on men and women, through Egyptian, Iranian and Turkish film and literature. No language prerequisites. Also offered as WS 305 C1.

CAS LY 572 – Arabic Translation and Interpreting

Training in strategies of written translation between Arabic and English, and introduction to the challenges of oral interpreting. Exercises drawn from various contemporary materials including print and broadcast media as well as literature.